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Object name(s):
Jamdani Stole
Brief description:
White muslin scarf, figured in the loom ('jamdani' work). Repeated plant motif on ends, trailing plants on borders. Field woven with palmette rosettes.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Textiles
Associated concept:
Clothing
Associated concept:
Embroidery
Associated concept:
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
Associated concept:
India Museum
Content - concept:
plants
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011FD8763/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
262
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
63
Dimension:
Weight
Dimension measurement unit:
g
Dimension value:
60
Material:
cotton
Material:
muslin
Object history note:
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Object history note:
Intended for use as garment/clothing.
Object name:
Jamdani Stole
Object number:
6173(IS)
Object production date:
c.1855
Date - association:
Made
Date - earliest / single:
1850-01-01
Date - latest:
1859-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
Dhaka
Place association:
Made
Object production place:
Bangladesh
Place association:
made
Physical description:
White muslin scarf, figured in the loom ('jamdani' work). Repeated plant motif on ends, trailing plants on borders. Field woven with palmette rosettes.
Reproduction number:
2011FD8763
Reproduction number:
2011FD8764
Reproduction number:
2011FD8765
Reproduction number:
2011FD8766
Reproduction number:
2011FD8767
Reproduction number:
2011FD8768
Reproduction number:
2011FD8769
Reproduction number:
2011FD8770
Reproduction number:
2011FD8771
Reproduction number:
2011FD8772
Reproduction number:
2012FL4043
Reproduction number:
2019MF6836
Reproduction number:
2019MF6837
Reproduction number:
2019MF6838
Responsible department/section:
SSEA
Technique:
jamdani
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
Reference:
Ashmore, Sonia. "Muslin", London, V&A Publishing, 2012.
Reference:
Das, N. and Llewellyn-Jones, R. (eds.). Murshidabad: Forgotten Capital of Bengal, ISBN 978-81-921106-9-1. Marg, Mumbai, 2013. ISBN 978-81-921106-9-1.
User's reference:
Reference details:
p.67
User's reference:
Reference details:
p. 77, p. 97, pl. 23 (detail).
User's reference:
Reference details:
p. 77, pl. 4 (detail).

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/06e7261e-2caa-344a-b046-b8e45e87e9e1

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/06e7261e-2caa-344a-b046-b8e45e87e9e1, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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